JPH1165788A - Method for processing printing and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a printing processing by utilizing a spool device. SOLUTION: Data to be printed are stored in a spool device, and printing of the prescribed number of copies is performed. The sue(AD SIZE) of the print data is compared with the storage capacity (SD size) of the spool device (2070), and when the size of the print data is beyond the capacity of the spool device, the data to be printed are divided into plural printing jobs by page units so that the data can be stored in the storage capacity (2100). The number of copies is designated to each divided printing job (2120), each printing job is successively stored in the spool device, and the designated number of copies of each printing job is made. Thus, even when the data to be printed are beyond the capacity of the spool device, the printing of the designated number of copies can be efficiently attained by using the spool device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a print processing method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a print processing method and apparatus for storing print data in a spool device and specifying the number of copies to print.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the information age in recent years, the necessity of performing a large amount of information processing has been required, and a reduction in processing time has been required. Measures such as pluralization have been taken.

Conventionally, when a plurality of copies of a plurality of pages of data are printed on a print output device (printer) using an information processing system (host), the print data is transferred to the printer a specified number of times. Was. For example, when three copies of a three-page document are output, as shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined number of print data are printed by transferring data of one to three pages from a host to a printer three times.
However, the data size of 1 to 3 pages is 100
In the case of KB (kilobytes), in order to realize output in copies as shown in FIG. 4, data of a total of 300 KB has to be transferred, which requires a long printing time and is inefficient.

In order to improve this and improve the printing efficiency, a spool device for storing print data is conventionally provided in a printer, and data of one to three pages is sent once from a host, and stored in the spool device in the printer. The output data is used a plurality of times (three times in the example of FIG. 4) to realize output in copy units.

[0005]

The information processing at the host,
With the spread of document creation, a demand for large numbers of prints has been required.
As shown in FIG. 5, printers have been equipped with a plurality of paper feed ports and paper discharge ports and mounted with spool devices so as to handle a large amount of paper. In order to make effective use of print processing for each copy in such a printer, the conventional technique alone is not sufficient.

For example, data output in copies is several tens of pages, the data size is, for example, 1 MB (megabyte), and the capacity of a spool device of a printer (for example, 7
If it exceeds 50 KB), the technology using the spool device of the conventional printer cannot be used.
There is a problem. The technology using a spool device is more effective as the size of the data to be printed on a plurality of copies is larger.However, when outputting data exceeding the spool device capacity even by a few bytes, the spool device cannot be used. There was a disadvantage that the output time was long.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and to provide a print processing method and apparatus capable of utilizing a spool device to improve print processing. It is.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a print processing method and apparatus for storing print data in a spool device of a printer and printing a predetermined number of copies. Is divided into a plurality of print jobs in page units so as to fall within the storage capacity. The number of copies is designated for each divided print job, and each print job is sequentially stored in the spool device and the designated number of copies are printed.

With such a configuration, even when the print data exceeds the capacity of the spool device, the print data is divided into a plurality of jobs and each of the designated number of copies is printed. A predetermined number of copies can be efficiently printed.

If the predetermined number of copies exceeds the number of paper discharge ports of the printing apparatus, the predetermined number of copies is divided into a plurality of numbers based on the number of paper discharge ports, and printing of the specified number of copies of each print job is repeated by the number of divisions. . For example, when the printing apparatus has three paper outlets and prints five copies of print data, the printing of five copies is divided into two copies of three copies and two copies, and printing of each job is performed by a designated number of copies. In this way, efficient printing can be performed in consideration of the number of paper discharge ports.

When the print data is divided into a plurality of print jobs, only the first print job is stored in the spool device, and the other print jobs are printed without passing through the spool device. This is repeated the number of times corresponding to the predetermined number of copies, and the print data is printed by the predetermined number of copies. In this case, since the next copy is printed after all of the divided print data is printed, binding processing becomes possible.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information processing system to which the print processing of the present invention is applied.
The information processing system is roughly divided into a host computer 10
And a printer 20, and a host computer 10
Are a control unit 1010, a connection unit 1020, a storage unit 1030
Consists of The printer 20 includes a control unit 200.
1, connection unit 2002, storage unit 2003, printing unit 200
4, a paper discharge unit 2005.

A control unit 1010 of the host controls the printing process and instructs the printer 20 to perform the printing process.
The connection unit 1020 of the host is connected to the connection unit 2002 of the printer 20 via an interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from the printer 20.

A storage unit 1030 of the host includes a disk device for storing print data and an RO for storing print processing procedures.
M, R for storing various information determined by the number of print data copies, the number of paper ejection outlets of the printer, print data, and other data
AM.

The control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information transferred from the control unit of the host and controls the printing process. The storage unit 2003 includes a RAM, a ROM, and a disk device, and a part of a spool device (hereinafter, referred to as a spool RAM) is set in the RAM. The print data is printed by the printing unit 2004 under the control of the control unit 2001,
It is output to the outside via the paper discharge unit 2005.

In such a configuration, a printing procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. In this case, the module (steps 2010 to 2130 and steps 3010 to 3070) of the present invention is stored in the ROM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1, and this module is stored in the host when the host is started. Part 1030
Is read into the RAM.

The information on the number of paper discharge ports (Onum) of the target printer is stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host.
And the print data is stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the printer has three paper outlets, and a part of the RAM of the storage unit 2003 of the printer in FIG. 1 is set as a spool device having a capacity of 750 KB. It is assumed that the information is stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030.

On the premise of the above, a procedure for printing 5 copies of 10-page data of 1 MB size in copy units will be described.

First, the control unit 1010 of the host obtains information on the designated number of copies from the print data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030, sets the value to Bnum, and sets the value to Bnum. (Step 2010). Here, since five copies of the print document are printed, Bnum = 5.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host
It is determined whether m = 1 (step 2020), and Bnum
In the case of = 1, since only a part of the print document needs to be printed, the number of copies is not set, and normal print processing without using the spool device is performed (step 203).
0), end printing.

Now, since Bnum = 5, that is,
Since a plurality of copies of a print document are to be printed, the control unit 1010 of the host in FIG.
The information on the number of paper discharge ports of the printer in FIG. 5 is obtained from M, the value is set to Onum, and the storage unit 103 of the host in FIG.
0 (step 2040). Here, since the number of paper outlets of the printer is 3, Onum =
It becomes 3.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host obtains information on the size of all data from the print data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host, sets the value to ADsize, R of storage unit 1030
It is stored in the AM (step 2050). Here, since the size of all data is 1 MB, ADsize = 1M
B.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host acquires information on the capacity (size) of the spool RAM stored in the RAM of the storage unit 2003 of the printer, sets the value to SDsize, and Storage unit 1030
(Step 2060). here,
Since the capacity of the spool device is 750 KB, SD
size = 750 KB.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host judges whether or not ADsize, which is the total data size, is larger than the capacity of the spool RAM (step 2070). That is, it is determined whether all the print data can be stored in the supple RAM. If the total data size is smaller than the capacity of the spool RAM, the host controller 10
Numeral 10 stores all data in a spool RAM, adds information instructing to perform printing processing, and transfers all data to a printer control unit 2001 via a host connection unit 1020 and a printer connection unit 2002. I do.

The control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information received from the control unit 1010 of the host, and stores all data in the spool R set in the RAM of the storage unit 2003.
Store in AM. Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer
Repeats the printing process using the data stored in the spool RAM for the designated number of copies (step 2).
080).

On the other hand, as in this example, ADsize = 1M
B, SDsize = 750 KB, the total data size is larger than the capacity of the spool RAM,
If all the data cannot be stored at one time, the control unit 1010 of the host determines the size P of each page from the print data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host.
The Dsize information is acquired, a page size list as shown in FIG. 9 is created, and stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1 (step 2090).

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host, based on the information of the page size list stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. Divide into jobs. This information is made into a divided job list as shown in FIG. 10 and stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1 (step 2100).

In the present embodiment, the size of the spool RAM, SDsize, is 750 KB. As shown in FIG.
Since the total data size is 700 KB, SD
The spool RAM can be used without exceeding the size. However, if pages 1 to 8 are one job,
The total of the data size is 780 KB, and SDsi
Since the value exceeds ze, the spool RAM cannot be used. Therefore, the first job (divided job number 1) is set to data 700 KB of page 1 to page 7.

As shown in FIG. 9, when a job from page 8 to page 10, which is the last page, is one job, the total data size is 300 KB.
Since the spool RAM can be used without exceeding the size, the second job (divided job number 2) is the data of page 8 to page 10 of 300 KB. In addition, job names corresponding to each divided job number are JOB-01, JOB-
02.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host sets the last value of the divided job number, which is the number of divided jobs, to JLn
um and store it in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host (step 2110). Here, since the job has been divided into two jobs, the job number is 2 and therefore JLnu
m = 2.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host, based on the information of the divided job list stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1, specifies the information of the designated number of copies to be used for each divided job. A copy list (FIG. 11) is created and stored in the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1 (step 2120).

In this case, the designated number of copies that can be printed at one time is the maximum number of paper ejection outlets. Therefore, if the number of copies exceeding the number of paper ejection outlets is specified, the designated number of copies cannot be printed at one time. Therefore, the number of copies is divided into a plurality of numbers, and the printing of the number of paper discharge ports is repeated, and then the next number of copies is printed. Here, since Bnum indicating the designated number of data copies is 5, and Onum indicating the number of paper discharge ports is 3, the control unit 1010
Determined that, in order to print five copies on a printer with three paper outlets, Bnum divided by Onum resulted in one more than two, so it was necessary to print three copies once and two copies once. Thus, a divided job list as shown in FIG. 11 is created.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host sets the last value of the divided job copy number, which is the number of the designated copy list, to BLnum, and the RAM of the storage unit 1030 of the host.
(Step 2130). In this case, since the designated number of copies are printed twice, BLnum = 2 from the divided job copy number 2.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host stores an initial value of 1 in Bnow which stores the number of the designated number of copies indicating the processing target.
Is set (step 3010), and the initial value 1 is set in Jnow for storing the number of the divided job indicating the processing target (step 3020).

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host prints the Jnow-th job in the divided job list by designating the Bnow-th copy in the designated copy list (step 30).
30). Here, since Jnow = 1 and Bnow = 1, the data of the job name “JOB-01” of the divided job number 1 in the divided job list shown in FIG. 10 is replaced with the divided job copy number in the designated copy list shown in FIG. The print processing is performed by designating a set of "3" which is the value of 1.

That is, the first job (pages 1 to 7)
, Three designated copies are printed.

For this reason, the control unit 1010 of the host
The data from page 1 to page 7 is obtained from the data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host, and information for printing three copies is added to these data.
The data is transferred to the control unit 2001 of the printer via the connection unit 1020 of the host and the connection unit 2002 of the printer.

The control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information received from the control unit 1010 of the host, and stores the data of pages 1 to 7 in the RAM of the storage unit of the printer.
Is stored in the spool RAM set in. Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer uses the data stored in the spool RAM to send the first to seventh pages from the first discharge port (FIG. 5) of the discharge unit 2005 shown in FIG. The first page is output to the second sheet discharge port (FIG. 5), and then from the first page to the seventh page is output to the third sheet discharge port (FIG. 5).
The output at this point is as shown in FIG.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host executes Jnow.
And JLnum are equal (step 304).
0). In this case, since Jnow = 1 and JLnum = 2, the control unit 1010 of the host determines that they are not equal, and J
1 is added to “now” and the value is stored in the storage unit 10 of the host shown in FIG.
30 (step 3050), and the process returns to step 3030.

Subsequently, the control unit 1010 of the host compares the Jnow-th job in the divided job list with Bn in the copy list.
Printing is performed by designating the number of ow copies (step 3030). Since Jnow = 2 and Bnow = 1 here, FIG.
The data of the job name “JOB-02” of the divided job number 2 in the divided job list shown in FIG. I do.

That is, the control unit 1010 of the host obtains data of pages 8 to 10 from the data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1, and prints three copies of these data. Is added and transferred to the printer control unit 2001 via the host connection unit 1020 and the printer connection unit 2002.

Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information received from the control unit 1010 of the host and stores the data of pages 8 to 10 in the spool RAM. Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer uses the data stored in the spool RAM to output 8 to 10 pages to the first discharge port (FIG. 5) of the discharge unit 2005 shown in FIG. Then, from page 8 to page 10 are output to the second paper outlet, and then from page 8 to page 10 are output to the third paper outlet. At this point, the state shown in FIG. 7 is reached, and three copies of the print data from page 1 to page 10 have been output.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host makes the Jno
It is determined whether w and JLnum are equal (step 304)
0). Here, since Jnow = 2 and JLnum = 2, they are determined to be equal.

Next, it is determined whether Bnow is equal to BLnum (step 3060). Here, Bnow = 1,
Since BLnum = 2, the control unit 1010 of the host determines that they are not equal, adds 1 to Bnow, and stores the value in the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1 (step 307).
0), returning to step 3020 to set Jnow to an initial value of 1;

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host sets the Jnow-th job in the divided job list to Bn in the designated copy list.
Specify the ow-th number of copies and print (step 303
0). Here, since Jnow = 1 and Bnow = 2, the data of the job name “JOB-01” of the divided job number 1 in the divided job list shown in FIG. 10 is replaced with the divided job copy number in the designated copy list shown in FIG. The print process is performed by designating a set of "2" which is the value of 2.

The control unit 1010 of the host obtains data from page 1 to page 7 from the data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG. 1, and prints two copies of information on these data. In addition, the data is transferred to the control unit 2001 of the printer via the connection unit 1020 of the host and the connection unit 2002 of the printer.

The control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information received from the control unit 1010 of the host, and stores the data of pages 1 to 7 in the spool RAM. Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer
Using the data stored in M, the first to seventh pages are output to the first paper output port (FIG. 5) in the paper output unit 2005 shown in FIG. 1 to 7 are output to the discharge port (FIG. 5).

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host sends the Jno
It is determined whether w and JLnum are equal (step 304)
0). In this case, since Jnow = 1 and JLnum = 2, the control unit 1010 of the host determines that they are not equal, and J
1 is added to “now” and the value is stored in the storage unit 10
30 (step 3050), and the process returns to step 3030.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host compares the Jnow-th job in the divided job list with the Bno
Specify w-th copy and print (step 303)
0). Here, since Jnow = 2 and Bnow = 2, the data of the job name “JOB-02” of the divided job number 2 in the divided job list shown in FIG. 10 is replaced with the divided job copy number in the designated copy list shown in FIG. The print process is performed by designating a set of "2" which is the value of 2.

The control unit 1010 of the host acquires data of 8 to 10 pages from the data stored in the disk device of the storage unit 1030 of the host in FIG.
Information for printing two copies is added to these data, and the data is transferred to the control unit 2001 of the printer via the connection unit 1020 of the host and the connection unit 2002 of the printer.

The control unit 2001 of the printer analyzes the information received from the control unit 1010 of the host, and stores the data of pages 8 to 10 in the spool RAM. Then, the control unit 2001 of the printer
Using the data stored in the AM, the paper output unit 2 shown in FIG.
005 is output to the first discharge port (FIG. 5) of page 8 and then to the second discharge port (FIG. 5) of the discharge section 2040 is output from page 8 to page 10. At this point, the output of two copies has been completed, and the state shown in FIG. 8 has been reached, and five copies of data of pages 1 to 10 have been output.

Then, the control unit 1010 of the host makes the Jno
It is determined whether w and JLnum are equal (step 304)
0). Here, since Jnow = 2 and JLnum = 2, they are determined to be equal.

Next, it is determined whether Bnow is equal to BLnum (step 3060). Here, Bnow =
2. Since BLnum = 2, the host control unit 101
It is determined that 0 is equal, and the printing process ends.

In order to print five copies of the data of this embodiment by the conventional technique, since the data is larger than the capacity of the spool device, 1 MB (one copy of data) × 5 (times) = 5M
B data had to be transferred.

However, when the present invention is utilized, 700 KB (for one page to seven pages) × 2 as shown in FIG.
(Times) + 300 KB (for 8 to 10 pages) x 2
(Times) = 2 MB may be transferred. For this reason, the data transfer amount can be reduced to 2/5, and the printing speed can be dramatically improved as compared with the conventional technology.

[Second Embodiment] Further, a binding function is added by improving the creation mode of the divided job list in step 2100 and the creation mode of the designated copy list in step 2120 in the first embodiment. Can be. Here, the binding function is a process of binding sheets in sets by tension or the like.

In the conventional printing method, all pages are printed for each copy, so that binding processing can be performed when all pages are printed. Specifically, after analyzing print data for each page from page 1 to page 10, print processing is performed, and further, binding processing is performed. By repeating this process five times, five copies of the binding-processed document can be created. However, as described above, this print processing method is inefficient because the print processing time is long.

In the first embodiment, from page 1 to page 7
Since the printing process up to the page and the printing process up to the 8th to 10th pages are performed separately, the binding process cannot be performed as it is. That is, in the first embodiment, if binding processing is instructed at the same time as printing processing, binding processing is performed after printing pages 1 to 7, and binding processing is also performed after printing pages 8 to 10. Therefore, there is an inconvenience that one print document is bundled for each print job.

Accordingly, as described below, the binding function can be added by improving the creation of the divided job list (step 2100) and the creation of the designated copy list (step 2120). Otherwise, the procedure is the same as in the first embodiment.

Here, the control unit 1010 of the host
In step 2100 of the embodiment, a divided job list as shown in FIG. 13 is created, and in step 2120, a designated copy list as shown in FIG. 14 is created. Then, the control unit 1010 of the host stores the data of JOB-01 of the divided job number 1 (pages 1 to 7) in the spool device, prints this, and then stores the data of JOB-01 of the divided job number 1. An instruction to keep the spool device stored is issued to the control unit 2001 of the printer, and the control unit 2001 of the printer executes the instruction.

Next, the control unit 1010 of the host issues to the printer control unit 2001 a command to print the data of JOB-02 (pages 8 to 10) of the divided job number 2 without storing it in the spool device. This is executed by the control unit 2001 of the printer. If binding processing is necessary at this time, the control unit 1010 of the host adds an instruction to perform binding processing after printing the data of JOB-02 of the divided job number 2, and the control unit 2001 of the printer performs the processing.

Next, the host controller 1010 stores the data of JOB-01 of the divided job number 1 stored in the spool device prior to the data of the JOB-02 of the divided job number 3 (pages 8 to 10). Is printed, and then a command to print the data of JOB-02 of the divided job number 3 is issued to the control unit 2001 of the printer, and the control unit 2001 of the printer executes the command. At this time, if the binding process is necessary, the control unit 1010 of the host adds an instruction for performing the binding process after printing the data of JOB-02 of the divided job number 3, and the control unit 2010 of the printer.
01 performs the processing.

Thereafter, the same processing as that of JOB-02 of the divided job number 3 is repeated from the data of the JOB-02 of the divided job number 4 to the data of the JOB-02 of the divided job number 6, thereby performing the binding processing of the five copies. Documents can be created.

When utilizing the second embodiment of the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 15, 700 MB (for 1 page to 7 pages) × 1 (times) +300 KB (for 8 pages to 10 pages) × 5 (times) = 2.2 MB may be transferred. Therefore, the data transfer amount can be reduced to 2.2 / 5,
The printing speed can be improved as compared with the related art.

[Other Embodiments] In the above, a RAM has been exemplified as a spool device. However, the present invention can be applied to various memory devices, magnetic disk devices, magneto-optical disk devices, and magnetic disk devices.

In each embodiment, the printing process in the host computer and printer system has been described.
It may be a single device.

The printer includes a plotter, a copying machine, an F
It can also be realized by a printer such as AX.

Further, the host computer can be realized by a personal computer, a workstation, a minicomputer or the like.

The control unit includes software, ROM,
It is also realized by a RAM or the like.

The connection section can be realized by a serial interface board, a parallel interface board, a network interface board, or the like.

The storage section can be realized by a memory, a magnetic disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a magnetic tape device, or the like.

The printing unit can also be realized by a laser beam system, a bubble jet system, an LED system, a thermal transfer system, or the like.

The paper discharge section can be realized by a finisher, a sorter, or the like.

[0075]

As is clear from the above, according to the present invention,
When the print data exceeds the storage capacity of the spool device, the print data is divided into a plurality of print jobs in units of pages so as to fit in the storage capacity and printing is performed. The number of copies can be efficiently printed using the spool device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a computer system to which a printing process according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a print processing procedure performed by a host computer and a printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a print processing procedure performed by a host computer and a printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an output state of a sheet in a case where print processing without using a spool device is performed.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an output state of a print document at the time when a first divided job is output.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a print document at the time when the last divided job is output.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a print document at the time when all divided jobs are output for all designated copies.

FIG. 9 is a table showing a page size list created in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a table showing a divided job list created in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a table showing a divided job designation copy list created in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a table illustrating data transfer when a print process is executed according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a table showing a divided job list created in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a table showing a divided job designation copy list created in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a table illustrating data transfer when a printing process is executed according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 host computer 1010 host control unit 1020 host connection unit 1030 host storage unit 20 printer 2001 printer control unit 2002 printer connection unit 2003 printer storage unit 2004 printer print unit 2005 printer discharge unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a print processing method for storing print data in a spool device and printing a predetermined number of copies, the print data and the storage capacity of the spool device are compared, and if the print data exceeds the storage capacity of the spool device, the print data Is divided into a plurality of print jobs in page units so as to fit in the storage capacity, the number of copies is designated according to a predetermined number of copies for each print job, and each print job is sequentially stored in a spool device and the designated number of copies are printed. A print processing method, characterized in that: 2. When the predetermined number of copies exceeds the number of paper ejection outlets of the printing apparatus, the predetermined number of copies is divided into a plurality of numbers based on the number of paper ejection outlets, and printing of a designated number of copies of each print job is divided. 2. The print processing method according to claim 1, wherein the method is repeated for several minutes. 3. A print processing method for storing print data in a spool device and printing a predetermined number of copies, wherein the print data and the storage capacity of the spool device are compared, and if the print data exceeds the storage capacity of the spool device, the print data is printed. Is divided into a plurality of print jobs in page units so as to fall within the storage capacity, only the first print job is stored in the spool device, and each print job is printed, and this is repeated a number of times corresponding to a predetermined number of copies. Print processing device. 4. A print processing apparatus for storing print data in a spool device and printing a predetermined number of copies, wherein the print data is divided into pages and divided into a plurality of print jobs based on a comparison between the print data and the storage capacity of the spool device. And a unit for designating a predetermined number of copies for each print job, sequentially storing each print job in a spool device and printing the designated number of copies. 5. When the predetermined number of copies exceeds the number of paper ejection outlets of the printing apparatus, the predetermined number of copies is divided into a plurality of numbers based on the number of paper ejection outlets, and printing of a designated number of copies of each print job is divided. The print processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the print processing is repeated for several minutes. 6. A print processing apparatus for storing print data in a spool device and printing a predetermined number of copies, wherein the print data is divided into pages and divided into a plurality of print jobs based on a comparison between the print data and the storage capacity of the spool device. A print processing apparatus that stores only the first print job in a spool device, prints each print job, and repeats this process a number of times corresponding to a predetermined number of copies.